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I know plenty of YIYBY advocates who live in wealthy parts of SF that have clean streets, no homeless and own large properties. a good example would be 'democra

I know plenty of YIYBY advocates who live in wealthy parts of SF that have clean streets, no homeless and own large properties. a good example would be 'democratic socialist' district 5 supervisor Dean Preston https://twitter.com/DeanPreston https://twitter.com/DeanPreston

astrange 4y ago
Dean Preston is the head NIMBY of the city next to Aaron Peskin. Dean spends approximately all his time denying housing project applications. He doesn’t even only block them in his backyard; they’ve ignored member deference to block one in Matt Haney’s district before.
- olivermarks 4y ago
  Preston talks all about progressive housing on Twitter all the time, so does heroin Haney. Neither of them can get it together to practice what they preach so it's all useless YIYBY performative posturing anyway. In the past SF has wound up building disasters like Geneva Towers based on somewhat similar utopian ideals https://youtu.be/7DZI5kqUJ_g https://youtu.be/7DZI5kqUJ_g
  - astrange 4y ago
    No, he's your comrade, he’s very effective at stopping things. https://nimby.report/preston https://nimby.report/preston The language he uses makes him a left-NIMBY, but that’s just what they look like in cities. Found in NYC too. In suburbs the same people switch to talking about property values and 50s rural neighborhood character.
    - olivermarks 4y ago
      I absolutely think affordable housing should be getting zoned and built, but the execution is so often a disaster. https://youtu.be/KYOtsuTw65Q https://youtu.be/KYOtsuTw65Q
      - epistasis 4y ago
        If you were to remove the YouTube link from your comment, it could have come directly from Dean Preston.
        olivermarks 4y ago
        how so?
epistasis 4y ago
Dean Preston is one of the most virulently anti-YIMBY politicians out there. He is constantly lying about YIMBY positions and starting fights over nonsense on Twitter. You and he agree 100% on building new apartments, Preston hates them, and as a rich man living in a very expensive single family home in one of the most expensive cities in the world, he fits right into the NIMBY mould. However, Preston also believes that homeless people should still be treated like people, a position he shares with YIMBYs. Due to that commonality, but also having irrational hate for YIMBYs, he is sometimes called anti-YIMBY rather than NIMBY.

astrange 4y ago

Dean Preston is the head NIMBY of the city next to Aaron Peskin. Dean spends approximately all his time denying housing project applications. He doesn’t even only block them in his backyard; they’ve ignored member deference to block one in Matt Haney’s district before.

olivermarks 4y ago
Preston talks all about progressive housing on Twitter all the time, so does heroin Haney. Neither of them can get it together to practice what they preach so it's all useless YIYBY performative posturing anyway. In the past SF has wound up building disasters like Geneva Towers based on somewhat similar utopian ideals https://youtu.be/7DZI5kqUJ_g https://youtu.be/7DZI5kqUJ_g
- astrange 4y ago
  No, he's your comrade, he’s very effective at stopping things. https://nimby.report/preston https://nimby.report/preston The language he uses makes him a left-NIMBY, but that’s just what they look like in cities. Found in NYC too. In suburbs the same people switch to talking about property values and 50s rural neighborhood character.
  - olivermarks 4y ago
    I absolutely think affordable housing should be getting zoned and built, but the execution is so often a disaster. https://youtu.be/KYOtsuTw65Q https://youtu.be/KYOtsuTw65Q
    - epistasis 4y ago
      If you were to remove the YouTube link from your comment, it could have come directly from Dean Preston.
      - olivermarks 4y ago
        how so?

epistasis 4y ago

Dean Preston is one of the most virulently anti-YIMBY politicians out there. He is constantly lying about YIMBY positions and starting fights over nonsense on Twitter. You and he agree 100% on building new apartments, Preston hates them, and as a rich man living in a very expensive single family home in one of the most expensive cities in the world, he fits right into the NIMBY mould. However, Preston also believes that homeless people should still be treated like people, a position he shares with YIMBYs. Due to that commonality, but also having irrational hate for YIMBYs, he is sometimes called anti-YIMBY rather than NIMBY.